4 Jul
2012
4 Jul
'12
8:03 p.m.
On 07/04/2012 05:01 AM, jim s wrote:
On 7/4/2012 12:24 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
Sure, yes. But you've developed software. Do you really see THAT
moving to tablets? Seriously?
Someone mentioned gesture-based UIs also. This does not necessarily
mean "tablet". I've been using gesture-based UIs for quite a while, via
a (very nice) Apple trackpad, on my Linux-based desktop machine.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Desktops (by which I assume you mean
"non-tablets", and include
"laptops") may be going out of "fashion", but they're not going
away.
Software developers, and don't underestimate how many there are, aren't
coding on tablets. Real computers will continue to have a place for a
long time to come.
I think the makers of minicomputers thought this as well, from DEC down
to Computer Automation, and the whole lot of them. Once the business
model for the device shifts away I don't see a half a cup there, I see
disaster. I don't think there is a way to see a shift that leaves an
opening for something when things start to shift away from it.